Rasmus Lerdorf (inventor of PHP) has said that PCRE is generally faster, but
i haven't benchmarked myself. Of course strpos( ) is the fastest.

"bill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> hi everyone,
>
> i have been using perl for quite some time, but after getting used to
> php4, i think it rocks.
>
> i am wondering which is better, performance-wise, when trying to match the
> same text: PCRE or POSIX extended in php4?
>
> cheers,
> Bill
>
>
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